Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Venue	Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool
Dates	June 24, 2013
Competitors	10 from 8 nations
Winning time	15:12.36
Medalists
Oussama Mellouli    Tunisia   Luca Baggio    Italy   Matteo Furlan    Italy

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 24 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey. ^[1]

The race consisted of thirty length of the pool in freestyle.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 24 June 2013	10:10	Heat 1
	18:56	Heat 2

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record	Sun Yang  (CHN)	14:31.02	London, United Kingdom	August 4, 2012
Mediterranean Games record	Oussama Mellouli  (TUN)	14:38.01	Pescara, Italy	July 1, 2009

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:	GR	Games record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best	DNS	Did not started

Final

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Notes
	2	4	Oussama Mellouli  (TUN)	15:12.36
	2	5	Luca Baggio  (ITA)	15:15.16
	2	1	Matteo Furlan  (ITA)	15:21.19
4	2	3	Ahmed Akram  (EGY)	15:28.92
5	1	4	Adonios Fokaidis  (GRE)	15:30.49
6	2	7	Ediz Yıldırımer  (TUR)	15:31.09
7	2	6	Antonio Arroyo  (ESP)	15:34.42
8	2	2	Lucas Vigoretto  (FRA)	15:46.01
9	1	3	Martin Bau  (SLO)	15:55.19
	1	5	Nezir Karap  (TUR)	DNS

References

1. "Sessions". Mersin 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
2. Swimming - Men's 1500m Freestyle Final 2 (Official) Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
3. Swimming - Men's 1500m Freestyle Final 1 (Official) Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine